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July 20, 2015
Moscow
Dear chess friends,
In my capacity as President of World Chess Federation - FIDE - I am pleased to congratulate all of you on the International Chess Day!
This holiday was initiated by UNESCO in 1966 to commemorate the date of FIDE establishment on the 20th of July 1924 in Paris. Today FIDE embraces 186 national chess federations, 117 of which are recognized by the national Olympic committees of their countries.
This day is celebrated globally with professional and amateur chess tournaments, seminars and lectures aimed to promote the most intelligent of all sports.
I wish all chess lovers to arrange the black-and-white chess pieces on their chess boards and play with their friends and relatives as often as possible and to teach their children the subtleties of this ancient game.
I appeal to you to take an active part in various chess events organized by local chess clubs, to come and play in amateur tournaments and to attend professional chess competitions. Thus we shall not only keep the elegant tradition of chess but make chess the most popular sports in the world!
Gens una sumus! We are one family!
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
FIDE President
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We received your kind email. We appreciate the FIDE´s President letter and, we congratulate him too, for his hard work for the Chess around the world.
Sincerely,
Fidel Gonzalez
President of Venezuela Chess Federation
It is with great pleasure that we confirm receipt of the letter from our FIDE President.
We thank Kirsan for his kind remarks and hope that you will convey the best wishes of all members of the Guernsey Chess Federation to our President. We trust that he is in the best of health and perhaps he will be able to honour us with another visit in the future?
We send our best regards,
Peter Rowe
President
Guernsey Chess Federation
On behalf of the Swaziland National Chess Federation, we feel humbled by the recognition by the President on this special day.
All battles are fought and won using 32 pieces and 64 squares.
We are family. Gens Una Sumus
Thank you Dear President, I wish you all the best.
Jean Lamothe
President de la Federation Haitienne des Echecs
Thank You for sharing this beautiful letter with us. We are proud to celebrate such an important day with all the people who love chess as much as we do.
Best regards
Mario Petrucci
President of Argentinian Chess Federation
Please give our thanks to Mr. President for his kind deference.
For me, it was a great pleasure and honor to have had the opportunity to meet with him recently in Cali.
Best regards,
FA Mauricio Castro
President of Costa Rica Chess Federation
Please kindly convey our thanks to the President for his letter and also for his best wishes.
Ignatius Leong
President
Singapore Chess Federation
Dear President
Many thanks for your letter of 20th of July and your inspiring wishes!
Gens una sumus!
Kind regards
SWISS CHESS FEDERATION
Peter A. Wyss
President
Thank for the email, we confirm the reception of it.
The 20th of July is a doubly special day for us. Besides, the international Chess day is our national day that commemorates the day of the independence of our country.
Best regards,
LUIS PÉREZ CARRILLO
President
Colombian Chess Federation
On behalf of Solomon Islands Chess Federation – executive members, and all our registered & non-registered chess players and their families in the Solomon Islands, I also wish to convey my sincere thanks and acknowledgement towards the “International Chess Day” holiday to FIDE President for leading & guiding the global chess family thus far. I personally take this opportunity to thank Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the congratulatory letter, and the inspiring words to chess families around the world including us - here in the Solomon Islands. On that same note, I also wish to convey the Solomon Islands chess federation’s congratulatory message to Mr. Ilyumzhinov and his FIDE executive members (and not forgetting our chess brothers and sisters from ACF as well) for their wonderful job done for the world chess family so far. My sincere congratulations & a Happy International Chess Day to all.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Luke M.R.
President of Solomon Islands Chess Federation
Please convey to our President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov our heartfelt thanks for his kind wishes and for his tireless efforts on behalf of the world chess community. I spent International Chess Day teaching children to play chess.
With warmest regards,
Vladimir Drkulec
President, Chess Federation of Canada
Please pass along our thanks to President Ilyumzhinov for his kind and encouraging words.
Best regards
Hal Bond
FIDE Delegate and Zonal President
Chess Federation of Canada
Dear Mr. President,
Dear Kirsan,
On behalf of the Austrian Chess Federation and in my name I want to thank you for your congratulations on the occasion of the International Chess Day 2015.
Let me please reciprocate your good wishes for you and for your great achievements for FIDE, the worldwide chess family.
Kind regards
Kurt Jungwirth
President of Austrian Chess Federation
I gladly confirm the receipt of Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s message on the occasion of the International Chess Day. We appreciate and share the vision of President Ilyumzhinov, although it seems to be a herculean, not to say a Sisyphus, task. But mankind should never give up in trying to reach such a noble goal!
Best regards
Hans Peter Walch
President
Liechtenstein Chess Federation
Thank you so much for the kind words and recognition!
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
Dear Kirsan Nikolayevich!
Thank you very much for your kind words! Our family appreciates the work you do for the development and popularization of chess around the world. Thanks to you the initiative that started in 1924 in Paris still alive and prospers.
Sincerely I congratulate you on this holiday. I wish you only positive emotions from the work and good luck!
Best regards
Mariya Muzychuk
Please convey my congratulations to Kirsan Nikolayevich.
With warmest regards,
Vladimir Kramnik
Thank you!
Best wishes,
Antoaneta Stefanova
I feel honored to receive the congratulations from President Mr. Ilyumzhinov. Please also send my best wishes to our president.
Best regards
Hou Yifan
Dear Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
I thank you very much for the good wishes and appreciating the beauty of our county.
Dear Mr. President, I appreciate your efforts to develop chess and we are trying to do the best to enhance chess all over our country.
Best Regards
Ghidey Gebremedhin Debessu
President Ethiopian Chess Federation
I kindly confirm that Turkish Chess Federation received the letter. We kindly extend our gratitutes to his excellency Kirsan Ilyumzhiov for his kind letter celebrating the International Chess Day on behalf of Turkish Chess Federation, the Board Members of the Turkish Chess Federation and players from Turkey.
Kind regards,
Nigarhan Gürpınar
Turkish Chess Federation
Dear Chess Friends,
This is to confirm receipt of the FIDE President's letter.
My colleagues and I congratulate all chess family on International Chess Day too.
Iran, as one the actives in Peace & Sport, hopes to have a world without any war, and as FIDE President said "all battles and wars take place only on chess boards".
Kind Regards,
Seyed Amir Hosseini
Acting President
Iran Chess Federation
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